Flatworms eating LPS

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Been having an issue with LPS in my tank declining over 4-6 weeks and eventually dying, hammers, torches, brains, acans seems to be limited to LPS as mushrooms and zoas grow like wildfire as do leathers and my rose bubble is enormous. Had previously dipped some of the LPS with either lugols or revive by two little fishies and had non seen flatworms previously. Yesterday I dipped using coral RX and and flatworms everywhere! Does anyone have experience with the species pictured? Do they only eat LPS? Do I only need to dip the LPS? I already have a melanurus wrasse and several leopard wrasses. Pictures below are the containers after they were dipped. Help!

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Red planaria can annoy corals if there's a huge number, but they won't eat corals, and your wrasses will prevent there being a huge number.

("huge number" being "enough that there's more flatworm than coral".)
 

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I didn't like them. They were annoying my elegance and mushrooms. Flatworm Exit removed them.

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I didn't like them. They were annoying my elegance and mushrooms. Flatworm Exit removed them.

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did killing all the worms while they are still in they tank cause any harm to your corals or livestock at all?
 

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did killing all the worms while they are still in they tank cause any harm to your corals or livestock at all?

None. But I only saw them on my elegance, trachy, and mushrooms. Not on the rocks. I also used double the dose twice a day for several days (not consecutive).
 

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